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gFT member Mark Allen has secured £5000 research funding from Trimble for his project that aims to capture the well-being of building occupants using webcams. The Trimble Fund is a ten year, £500k fund which runs annually . The funding will enable Mark to purchase equipment and cover travel costs, thereby allowing him to...

gFT member Hanxiao Cui, has won the Best Performance Award (2nd Prize , out of 62 participants ) for a modelling competition in Yokohama, Japan. The main objective of this competition is to simulate and analyse the dynamic response of a bridge in Yokohama city under different operating conditions. This modelling...

gFT memeber Jacopo Montali has recently presented his latest research at the International Conference on Engineering Design ( ICED17 ) in Vancouver, Canada. The conference, which attracted experts from various sectors, was an excellent opportunity to disseminate the group's research to a broader audience and to gain useful...

New PhD opportunity available with the gFT research group. A 3-year PHD studentship is available from October 2017 or January 2018 to investigate a new generation of novel and efficient connections for glass structures. Further details here .